‘SNL’ opens season 51 with parody of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump
Saturday Night Live Season 51 started with a blow.
The first cold opening of the season featured Colin Jost as a former presenter of Fox News and current US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who is now called war secretary. The sketch was a vision of HegSeth’s decision to bring together military officers in Virginia for a fairly unusual meeting last week.
“Earlier this week, the secretary of war Pete Hegseth had the brilliant idea of bringing together all the best generals of our nation in one place at one point. And to throw our enemies from the odor, he told them exactly where and when it would happen,” said an ad at the top of cold opening. “We take you to this meeting now.”
Enter: Jost as Hegseth, walking with an absurd bravado and rock music that sounds on stage. “Cut the track,” he said before calling the soldiers “gay” and “fat” and encouraging all the members to start imitating President Donald Trump: “6’6”, Buck 75, A-Cups, Gerky, with a truck with dumpsters in the back, you won’t even believe. “”
Trump, played by James Austin Johnson, interrupted Hegseth’s speech to secure Snl “Does nothing too much for me”, referring to his role in Jimmy Kimmel liverecent suspension.
“Remember: Dad looks at,” said Trump of Johnson. “And living from New York is Saturday evening!”
